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decrease
noun as in diminishing, lessening
Strong matches
abatement, compression, condensation, constriction, declining, depression, diminution, dwindling, ebb, markdown, subsidence, waning
Weak matches
verb as in grow less or make less
Strongest matches
abate, curb, curtail, cut down, decline, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, fall off, lessen, lower, reduce, shrink, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, weaken
Example Sentences
Now the team plan to investigate further the causal relationship from decreased trust to decreased co-movement.
Other scenarios simulate idling irrigated farmland, reducing pumping in areas where groundwater levels are forecast to decrease the most, setting limits on how much groundwater can be pumped and curtailing junior water rights.
In the first-of-its-kind study, McGill University researchers detected a marked decrease in synaptic density -- the connections between neurons that enable brain communication -- in individuals at risk of psychosis, compared to a healthy control group.
For example, recipients saw improvements in how far they could walk in six minutes, as well as substantial decreases in a biological indictor used to measure inflammation and predict risk of serious cardiovascular events.
In other words, this preliminary data revealed that taking Ozempic could potentially prevent overdose deaths and decrease substance use.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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